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2009.09.11 19:10 "Re: WORDS_BIGENDIAN used inconsistently", by Toby Thain
On 11-Sep-09, at 2:26 PM, <rob.tillaart@chello.nl> wrote: > > Hi Bob, > > Maybe this explanation should be inserted in the header of both .h > files ... +1 :) --Toby > > regards, > rob tillaart > >> Bob Friesenhahn wrote: >>> On Fri, 11 Sep 2009, Dwight Kelly wrote: >>>> >>>> What is the purpose of having both tif_config.h and tiffconfig.h ? >>> >>> tif_config.h is used only by the library and libtiff tools and is >>> not >>> installed. >>> >>> tiffconfig.h needs to exist for legacy reasons (lots of applications >>> depend on it). It includes "feature" defines so that >>> applications can >>> see what features are in the libtiff when the application is >>> built. It >>> includes basic type definitions needed by the installed tiff header >>> files. > > _______________________________________________ > Tiff mailing list: Tiff@lists.maptools.org > http://lists.maptools.org/mailman/listinfo/tiff > http://www.remotesensing.org/libtiff/